When using Slack I frequently run to the situation when something important comes up in the thread and I need to notify everyone on the channel about that.
But this dialog appears – Disabled in threads:
So. Now I use two features – I write the message to thread with selecting the checkbox Also send to [#channel]
and I notify everyone in the channel by writing directly to the channel something like @channel :uparrow:
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But it seems like an unnecessary complication to me. Maybe it is just disabled somewhere in settings, but I didn't find it there.
So the questions are:
Why is @channel disable in Slack thread?
and.
Can I enable it somehow as a workspace owner?
Best Answer
I found that when a comment with an @channel mention is edited, if we redo the @channel mention, it will send out a notification.
Here I am editing an existing reply inside a thread.